– June Homes from New York is a proptech company.
– The company raised $50M in funding.
– The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia with participation from TQ Ventures, FJ Labs, K50, Reshape, Quiet Capital, Demi Lovato and Scott Belsky.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate expansion to other U.S. markets.

– Travel startup Headout raised $12m in funding.
– The round was led by Glade Brook Capital and included participation from returning investors Version One Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, FJ Labs, 500 Startups, Haystack and Ludlow Ventures, and new investors Espresso Capital and Practical VC.
– The company plans to expand into 300 cities, product development and its product, business, marketing and operations teams.
– It plans to hire more than 150 employees around the world and is also looking for opportunities to acqui-hire travel and entertainment startups.

– Osana Salud, a healthcare startup, raised $20m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by General Catalyst and joined by Quiet Capital, Preface Ventures, FJ Labs, AforeVC and K50 Ventures.
– The company plans to use the funding to expand its team and build out its platform.

– Kocomo is a Mexico City-based proptech startup.
– The company raised US$56m in debt and equity funding.
– The round was led by AllVP and Vine Ventures with participation from Picus Capital, Fontes – QED, FJ Labs, Clocktower Technology Ventures, and JAWS (the family office of Starwood Capital Group Chairman Barry Sternlicht), Florian Hagenbuch – Founder & Co-CEO, and Mate Pencz – Founder & Co-CEO, of Loft, Oskar Hjertonsson of Cornershop, Carlos Garcia of Kavak, and Sergio Furio of Creditas.
– The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

– WherEX is a Santiago, Chile-based e-sourcing company.
– The company raised $7M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Kayyak Ventures with participation from FJ Labs, Jaguar Ventures and Tuesday Capital.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding to LatAm and the US market.

– Alerzo, a B2B e-commerce retail startup, raised $10.5m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Nosara Capital and joined by FJ Labs and several family offices from the U.S., Europe and Asia.
– The company has raised more than $20m since its launch.

– memmo.me is a Stockholm, Sweden-based platform which allows users to book personalised video messages from sportspeople, celebrities, actors, and musicians.
– The company raised a further €10.25M in funding.
– Backers include Luxor Capital, FJ Labs (marketplace fund founded by Fabrice Grinda), Spencer Rascoff (co-founder of Zillow Group), Maria Raga (CEO of shopping app Depop), Inbal Leshem (former Operations Director at Groupon), Mats Diedrichsen (former CMO at Delivery Hero), Geoff Cook (CEO of The Meet Group), Ted Chervin (Founding Partner and Board Member at talent agency ICM Partners), Mike Caren (CEO of Artist Partner Group and Creative Officer at Warner Music Group), Andrew Singer (President of Broadway Video Film & Television), Packy McCormick (Founder of the Not Boring newsletter and club), and Todd Lieberman (Partner and Co-Owner of Mandeville Films and Television).
– The company, which has now raised over €20M since being founded in 2019, will use the money to further expand internationally, including to Latin America, and develop new product features (including paid for social media interactions from celebrities).

– Orchata, a mobile app enabling consumers to get groceries delivered in 15 minutes, with no substitutes and at supermarket prices, raised $4m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Y Combinator and joined by JAM Fund, FJ Labs, Venture Friends, Investo and Foundation Capital, and angel investors Ross Lipson, Mike Hennessey, Brian Requarth and Javier Mata.

– Moove, an African mobility fintech, announced that it has raised $23m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital, with participation from DCM, Clocktower Technology Ventures, thelatest.ventures, LocalGlobe, Tekton, FJ Labs, Palm Drive Capital, Roka Works, KAAF Investments, Spartech Ventures, Class 5 Global, and Victoria van Lennep, co-founder of Lendable.
– Africa specialist, Verod Kepple Africa Ventures, and one of Moove’s existing lenders, Emso Asset Management, also joined the round.
– This brings Moove’s total funding to $68.2m, including $28.2m in equity and $40m in debt.

– InstaCarro, a digital marketplace that connects used car sellers to dealers in Brazil, has raised $23m in a Series B round of funding.
– The round was led by U.S.-based firms J Ventures, FJ Labs and Rise Capital, and joined by Spain’s All Iron Ventures and Big Sur.
– With the latest round, São Paulo-based InstaCarro has now raised more than $56m since its 2015 inception.

– Valoreo, a Latin American e-commerce company, raised $30m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Presight Capital and Kingsway Capital and joined by existing investors Kaszek, Upper90 and FJ Labs.
– The company declined to break down how much equity it raised in its seed round, but including debt, Valoreo has secured $80m since inception.
– It plans to use the new capital mostly to continue acquiring e-commerce brands across Mexico, Brazil and Colombia as well as to do more hiring.

– JOKR, a grocery and retail delivery platform, raised $170m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management.
– It was joined by Activant Capital, Greycroft, Fabrice Grinda’s FJ Labs, as well as Latin America’s tech-specialized VC firms Kaszek and monashees, and HV Capital.
– Based out of New York, where it launched last month JOKR plans to roll out across cities in the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
– Right now it’s live in nine cities across Latin American countries Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, as well as Poland and Austria in Europe.

– Morty is an online mortgage marketplace that allows homebuyers to evaluate competitive offers from multiple lenders, then lock and close their loans through an automated platform.
– The company closed a $25m Series B funding.
– The round was led by March Capital with participation from Rethink Impact and existing investors Thrive Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Prudence Holdings, FJ Labs and Metaprop.
– The new investment will be used to make investments in hiring, consumer marketing and product expansion and explore B2B2C opportunities to embed mortgage technology into the greater real estate ecosystem.

– Veo, a shared micromobility operator, raised $16m in Series A funding.
– The funding round was led by Autotech Ventures, with participation from UP Partners, FJ Labs and Interplay Ventures.
– The company plans to expand its fleet and focus on developing city and community partnerships.

– Elevate Brands raised an additional $250m, bringing the company’s funding total to over $317m in 2021.
– The majority of the funding comes from its existing global group of technology, fintech and eCommerce business leaders, as well as new investors that include Novel TMT, FJ Labs, the chairman of SEA (which owns Southeast Asia’s largest eCommerce platform), the former CEO of The Iconic, board members of Yieldstreet and Advantia Health, the co-founders of Intermix and Quadpay, and Ted Zagat, the co-founder of Rimeto.
– Elevate Brands has quickly gained operational leverage across its portfolio by implementing best practice branding and supply chain optimization to its portfolio of category-leading brands.

– Nabis is a licensed cannabis wholesale marketplace platform.
– Company raised $23m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by FJ Labs, Artemis Growth Partners, Silverleaf Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures and Stanley Tang (Co-Founder, DoorDash).
– Investors in the $5m Series A raise, which closed less than a year ago, included Y Combinator and Babel Ventures.

– Fresha announced a $100m Series C investment led by General Atlantic with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former Chairman Investments at Alibaba Group, and Jonathan Green of Lugard Road Capital.
– Fresha’s existing global investors Partech, Target Global and FJ Labs also participated in the round, bringing the company’s total fundraising to $132m to date.
– Fresha will leverage the new funds to further broaden its global community of partner salons and spas, scale product development, deepen its marketplace bookings and pursue strategic M&A.

– Kafene, a buy now, pay later company, raised $14m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Global Founders Capital and Third Prime Ventures and also included participation from Valar, Company.co, Hermann Capital, Gaingels, Republic Labs, Uncorrelated Ventures and FJ labs.
– Kafene’s “flexible ownership” model is designed to not let that happen to a consumer. If for some reason, someone has to forfeit on a payment, Kafene comes to pick up the item and the customer is no longer under obligation to pay for it moving forward.

– Belvo, a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding.
– A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based VC firms and angels participated in the financing, including Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Kaszek, MAYA Capital, VentureFriends, Rappi co-founder and president Sebastián Mejía, Harsh Sinha, CTO of Wise (formerly Transferwise) and Nubank CEO and founder David Vélez.
– In May 2020, Belvo raised a $10 million seed round co-led by Silicon Valley’s Founders Fund and Argentina’s Kaszek.

– Axle announced it raised $10m Series A financing.
– The round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from FJ Labs, Flexport, Tribeca Early Stage Partners and others, including existing investors Anthemis Group, Techstars and Plug and Play Ventures.
– The company’s services allow incumbent operators to quickly modernize and compete against new startups.
– Axle says its solutions also automate carrier payments, invoicing and collections, which allows operators to connect all aspects of their fright operations.
– The company plans to use the new capital to expand operations, develop new services and strengthen the company’s payment and financing platform.

– Dott is a Paris, France-based e-scooter startup that has raised $85m in funding.
– The round was co-led by Sofina and Estari, with participation from EQT Ventures, Prosus Ventures, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Expon Capital, Felix Capital, FJ Labs, Invest-NL, McRock Capital, Quadia in partnership with Degroof Petercam and various angel investors.
– The company has a staff of 280, with its main teams located in Amsterdam, London and Paris.

– ZenGo is a crypto mobile wallet for retail investors.
– The company raised $20m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Distributed Global (in partnership with Temasek Holdings) and Austin Rief Ventures, as well as existing investors Benson Oak Ventures, Samsung Next, Elron, Collider Ventures, FJ Labs, and others.
– The new investment will be used to expand the set of financial services, including a VISA payment card, and a larger set of choices for on-ramp, off-ramp, trade and savings options.

– Manual from London develops a platform to help men with their health and wellbeing.
– The company raised $30m in Series A funding.
– Backers included Sonoma Brands, Felix Capital and Cherry Ventures, Waldencast, Gisev and FJ Labs.
– The company intends to use the funds for product development, international expansion across Europe, Asia and Latin America, and hiring of talent.
– In the last 12 months, Manual has quadruplied its revenue and expanded from the UK to Brazil, with a team of only 30 people.

– Incode is a San Francisco, CA-based identity verification and authentication platform for enterprises.
– The company raised $25M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by DN Capital and 3L Capital, with participation from Framework Ventures, Walter Ventures, FJ Labs, and DILA Capital.
– The new investment will be used to scale its technology as well as accelerate growth in North America and Europe.

– User Interviews, a CRM for product research teams to get user feedback, has closed on a $10m Series A round.
– The financing was led by Teamworthy Ventures, with participation from Las Olas, Accomplice, FJ Labs, ERA, Trestle Partners and ValueStream.
– The company was created out of failure, in some ways.
– Originally, the User Interviews team started with a project called Mobile Suites, an amenities logistics platform for hotels.
– It was a dud, and the team — Basel Fakhoury, Dennis Meng and Bob Saris — decided to do more user research before determining their next product.
– In trying to collect that research, they stumbled upon a huge problem.
– It often takes companies weeks, if not months, to conduct a study around user research.

– Madrid-based TaxDown, which automates income tax filing by calculating regional deductions due to users so they don’t have to navigate complex tax rules themselves, has raised €2.4 million (~$3M) in seed funding.
– US-based FJ Labs has joined TaxDown’s investment board as it closes the seed round.
– It says all its previous investors participated in the round, including James Argalas (Presidio Union); Abac Nest, Abac’s venture capital business; Baldomero Falcones, the former Chairman at Mastercard; and the founders of Jobandtalent, Juan Urdiales and Felipe Navío (another Madrid-based startup).

– Colombian startup Elenas says it’s helping tens of thousands of women make money by selling products online.
– The company announced that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Leo Capital, FJ Labs, Alpha4 Ventures and Meesho.
– The company plans to expand across Latin America, starting with Mexico and then Peru.

– Minu, an employee financial wellness company, today announced that it has raised $14 million in Series A funding.
– The round was led by FinTech Collective, with participation from VEF, XYZ Ventures, and FJ Labs, as well as DocuSign founder Tom Gonser and Gusto CFO Mike Dinsdale. Existing investors QED Investors, Next Billion Ventures, and Village Global also participated.
– The round includes $2.5 million of debt from Banco Sabadell Mexico. To date, Minu has raised a total of $20 million.

– Memmo.me, a startup allowing users to pay celebrities for personalized video messages, is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Left Lane Capital, with the firm’s founder and managing parter Harley Miller joining the Memmo board.
– Delivery Hero co-founder Lukasz Gadowski, FJ Labs, Depop CEO Maria Raga, Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff, former Groupon operations director Inbal Leshem, Voi Technology co-founder Fredrik Hjelm, former Udemy CEO Dennis Yang and Wolt co-founder Elias Aalto also participated.

– Valoreo, a Mexico City-based acquirer of e-commerce businesses, announced that it has raised $50m of equity and debt financing in a seed funding round.
– The round was led by Upper90, FJ Labs, Angel Ventures, Presight Capital and a slew of angel investors.
– The company aims to invest in, operate and scale e-commerce brands as part of its self-described mission “to bring better products at more affordable prices” to the Latin American consumer.